Limits and new frontiers of Hindutva
In a TV debate on the controversy surrounding the Varanasi-based Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple on May 27, Nupur Sharma, a central spokesperson of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party…
In a TV debate on the controversy surrounding the Varanasi-based Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple on May 27, Nupur Sharma, a central spokesperson of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party…
Pakistan signed an inter-governmental framework agreement with the government of Denmark for interest-free loans in renewable energy, energy efficiency, water supply and wastewater treatment sectors. The Danish government would provide…
While Tehran’s new strategic partnership with Beijing (a 25-year $400b arrangement) will give the Chinese a strategic foothold and strengthen Iran’s economy and regional clout, the development opens a new…
A flurry of world leaders have appealed again to the United Nations to reform the Security Council, reviving a bid launched 15 years ago. But chances of transforming the world’s…
The start of 2022 – a new year – proved to be very fruitful for my sincere efforts when on January 1 an international delegation of Hindu pilgrims, belonging to…
Delhi’s smog crisis headed for a new toxic peak on Saturday but farmers are refusing to stop the stubble burning that is widely blamed for the poisonous clouds engulfing the…
WITH spring comes thaw. Recent tentative steps towards improving India-Pakistan relations are welcome. It has been two months since the ceasefire announcement, and several weeks since the Indus Water Commission met. Confirmation…
LOOK at it dispassionately. The world, led by the United States, has agreed to accept the deeply misogynistic Taliban as the next rulers in Afghanistan, reneging on lofty promises made…
THE greater the sharpening assault by the delinquent state, the starker is the muddle and the helplessness of the opposition. Models and methods for the state’s visceral hatred of India’s…
One step forward, two steps back. That’s how one can sum up the endless saga of India-Pakistan engagement – in six words. If hopeless romantics like us on both sides,…